Account - AWS Organizations

Account

Contains information about an AWS account that is a member of an organization.

Contents

Arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the account.

For more information about ARNs in Organizations, see ARN Formats Supported by Organizations in the AWS Service Authorization Reference.

Type: String

Pattern: ^arn:aws:organizations::\d{12}:account\/o-[a-z0-9]{10,32}\/\d{12}

Required: No

Email

The email address associated with the AWS account.

The regex pattern for this parameter is a string of characters that represents a standard internet email address.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 6. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+

Required: No

Id

The unique identifier (ID) of the account.

The regex pattern for an account ID string requires exactly 12 digits.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 12.

Pattern: ^\d{12}$

Required: No

JoinedMethod

The method by which the account joined the organization.

Type: String

Valid Values: INVITED | CREATED

Required: No

JoinedTimestamp

The date the account became a part of the organization.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

Name

The friendly name of the account.

The regex pattern that is used to validate this parameter is a string of any of the characters in the ASCII character range.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 50.

Pattern: [\s\S]*

Required: No

State

Each state represents a specific phase in the account lifecycle. Use this information to manage account access, automate workflows, or trigger actions based on account state changes.

For more information about account states and their implications, see Monitor the state of your AWS accounts in the AWS Organizations User Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: PENDING_ACTIVATION | ACTIVE | SUSPENDED | PENDING_CLOSURE | CLOSED

Required: No

Status

The status of the account in the organization.

Important

The Status parameter in the Account object will be retired on September 9, 2026. Although both the account State and account Status parameters are currently available in the AWS Organizations APIs (DescribeAccount, ListAccounts, ListAccountsForParent), we recommend that you update your scripts or other code to use the State parameter instead of Status before September 9, 2026.

Type: String

Valid Values: ACTIVE | SUSPENDED | PENDING_CLOSURE

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: